Why is the test answer as follows: Je prends cette rue en dépit du panneau stop instead of en dépit de panneau stop? I couldn't see any explanations for this on the lesson, I could on see du used in the exception en dépit du bon sense.

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Sandra

Asked 6 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

...je n'ai pas le choix

La partie de la phrase, en anglais, est "...I don't have a choice..." Mon interprétation d'anglais était une choix ou du choix et ce n'est pas un particulier choix, qui demanderait l'article 'le'. Dans ce cas, j'ai écrit "...je n'ai pas de choix" ce qui était faux. Est-ce que mon interprétation n'est pas correct ? Pourquoi "le choix" au lieu de "de choix"?

Asked 2 years ago

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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Dropping the ne explétif in speech. Please could you confirm that in speech, the ne explétif can be dropped.

Asked 7 years ago

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Boss A.A2Kwiziq community member

Partir and Sortir

Is it right to say both

Je part de la maison

Je sors de la maison

Asked 5 years ago

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Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"she looks out of the window" Is it correct to translate as "elle regarde en dehors la fenêtre" ?

Asked 6 years ago

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Jinn X.B2Kwiziq community member

Why LE instead of DE in Manquer deThe correct answer is posted as “

J'ai manqué le concert de Michael Jackson en 1992 à Paris.” But the lesson says you don’t need partitive pronoun when meaning lack/missing something but you need DE. So why is it “J’ai manqué le concert’ not “J’ai manqué de concert”? Thanks.

Asked 7 years ago

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Alan R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ancien before a nouns means former

In a recent French reading practice Port Grimaud is described as “ un ancien village typique”. The side-by side translation describes it as “a typical old village”. The lesson on the use of ancien tells us that when used before a noun it means former therefore why is it translated as old in this context?

Asked 3 years ago

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Saran L.A2Kwiziq community member

Which one is correct?

Hi, I would like to know which one is correct.

"il parle le français de mieux en mieux."

"il parle de mieux en mieux le français."

Asked 6 years ago

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Ian L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Vocab queries

Checking whether these words are interchangeable, or whether there are nuances we should know about: